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This drawing of the ancient Babylonian
god, Nebo, from a dictionary of the Bible,

makes him appear to be instructing
adepts on the finer points of using hand
signs or exchanging mysterious grips. In

fact, Nebo's title was "Interpreter of the
gods," and he was said to be the god of
learning and of letters. The biblical King
Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel
was named after Nebo. This cut is in the

British Museum, London.

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Masonic Handshakes Illustrated in Official lodge Publications

Masonic handshakes and grips from Richardson's Monitor of Free-Masonry.

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More Masonic Handshakes and Grips

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And More Masonic Handshakes

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Masonic handshakes and grips from Duncan s Masonic Ritual and Monitor, 3d Ed.)

Excerpt from the book,
Mormonism's Temple of

Doom, by William
Schnoebelen and James
Spencer. The two authors
are both ex-Mormons. In
their book, they show the

remarkable parallels
between the secret signs,

grips, and rituals of
Freemasonry and those of
the Mormon (LDS) Church.

Mormonism's founder,
Joseph Smith, was a Mason,
and all Masonic authorities

today acknowledge the
similarity of the two

groups' rituals, symbols,
signs, and doctrines.

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President George W. Bush and FBI Director nominee Robert Mueller exchange grip behind podium.
(Photo: The Washington Post, July 22, 2001)

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In August, 2000, Prime Minister Ehud Barak of
Israel in a clear Masonic hand grip with Jordan's

King Abdullah as they meet in Amman, Jordan.
All Prime Ministers of Israel since the formation
of that nation in 1948 have been initiates of the
Masonic Lodge. All have been recruited into the
Order of the llluminati, also. (Photo: Associated
Press, in Austin American-Statesman, August 17,

2000, p. A3)

European Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler (left) in handshake with German
Agriculture Minister Karl Heinz Funke at a European Community session in
Brussels, Belgium. (Photo: Spotlight newspaper, December 7, 1998)

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Nelson Mandela, political leader
of South Africa, shakes hands
(Masonic) with South African
Communist Party leader Oliver
Tambo. Mandela, lionized by the
Western Press, is a life long
Communist activist and a known
terrorist criminal. Mandela
acquired power at the helm of
the South African government by
arrangement with the heads of
the llluminati s Rockefeller,
Rothschild, and Oppenheimer
dynasties. In exchange, the
llluminati cartel holds exclusive
rights to South Africa's mineral
rich assets of diamonds, gold,
and platinum. (Photo: from the
book, In The Words Of Nelson
Mandela, published by Carol
Publishing Group, York, 1998)

New York Governor George Pataki and New York State Senator Joseph Bruno
meet in December 2003 with Tetsuro Higashi, president of Tokyo Electron Ltd.,
to announce a new $300 million research and development facility. (Newsletter
of State Senator Joseph L. Bruno, December 2003, p. 1)

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Fidel Castro (right) in a Masonic grip with Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The
Cuban dictator is a lifelong Freemason and is also a member of the secret order known as the Odd
Fellows. Almost all the Vatican curia are Masons and cabalists and many are also Rosicrucians.
(Photo: The Catholic World Report, January 1997)

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Pope John Paul II in a Masonic grip w i t h a Cardinal at the Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy
Vatican. Notice the pressure on the knuckle. (left), in Masonic grip with Red
Chinese counterpart in Beijing,
China in March, 1992 as a bemused
official looks on.

U.S. President Clinton receives Masonic grip from United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan at opening of the UN General Assembly. In this staged photo opportunity, aides
for the two world leaders arranged the national flags so that Nicaragua's Illuminati-
designed flag, which has a (male) triangle, a solar image, and all-seeing eye as its focus
would be most prominently displayed. Kofi Annan is married to a white woman, a
Rothschild heiress.(Photo: USA Today, September 22, 1998, p. 11A)

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Great Britain's
Duke of Kent, head

of the United
Lodge, the largest
Masonic fraternity
in England, holds
the title, The Most
Worshipful Grand
Master. The Duke

is sharing a
Masonic grip on
visit to Cape Town,

South Africa.

Frenchman Jean-Marie le Pen (member of Paris' Grand Orient Lodge) warmly welcomes Masonic
brother Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (BNP). Jean-Marie le Pen, head of a
supposed right-wing populist party in France, is oft criticized in that country's press for what they
say are his anti-Semitic views. In fact, by this hand grip and by other clear Masonic gestures he has
made publicly, it appears that le Pen is a covert Mason, which would make him more akin to Zionism
and its Communist Hegelian philosophy.

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Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld in the
Bush Administration gives coded handshake
to Saudi Arabia's King Fahd (top) and
Oman's Sultan Qaboos (below). (Time
magazine, October 15, 2001)

Jerry Falwell, Baptist hero, in a Masonic grip
with Skull & Bones alumnus, President George
H. W. Bush, at the White House in 1991. Falwell

claims to be a pro-life advocate but never
complained when Senior Bush nominated
abortion supporters like Judge David Souter to
the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal posts.

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (left) a
dwarfish terrorist thug who went on to become
Israel's Prime Minister, shares a Masonic hand
grip with one of the "brethren," Moral Majority
leader preacher Jerry Falwell. Falwell received
the Jabotinsky Award for his devoted efforts to
oppress the Palestinian people while promoting
Jewish racial supremacy. Jabotinsky, the man
whom this award was named after, was a pro-
Communist Socialist/Zionist. Falwell also
received a multimillion dollar executive jet as a
gift from Israel, a nation that receives from five
to ten billion in free foreign aid money each year
from American taxpayers. In effect, Begin and
Israel stole money from the U.S.A. taxpayers and
funneled it to Falwell.

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President Clinton in a
Masonic grip with Supreme
Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Breyer, a devout cabalistic
Jew, was nominated by
Clinton to the Supreme

Court. To the right of Breyer
is Justice Ruth Bader

Ginsberg, also a cabalistic
and Talmudic Jew and again
a Clinton appointee. (Photo:

The Cincinnati Post,
October 1, 1994)

Apollo 8 crewman Frank Borman and a top NASA manager in a Masonic hand grip.

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Karl Rove, top White House advisor to
President George W. Bush, sharing a
Masonic connection. (Photo:
Newsweek, February 20, 2005)

French President Jacques Chirac, Masonic
initiate of Paris' Grand Orient Lodge, with

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (left).

Shimon Peres, former
Prime Minister and leader
of Israel's Labor Party
(left), in Masonic grip with
Morton L. Janklow of the
Council on Foreign
Relations (CFR). (Photo:
CFR Annual Report, 1990)

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Dr. Foy Valentine (left), President of the
Masonic-founded group, Americans
United for Separation of Church and

State, with the anti-Christian group's
executive director, Barry Lynn. The group

is a leader in working to stop prayer in
schools, remove the Ten Commandments

from public display, and prevent public
displays or mention of Christmas.

Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Bassiouny (center) and his wife with Israel Prime
Minister Shimon Peres. As is the practice of the members of both the Grand Lodge of Jerusalem and
the Masonic Lodges of Cairo and Egypt, the left hand is used to conceal the Masonic nature of the
grip. (Photo: The Jerusalem Post and International Edition, November 1, 1997, p. 9)

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President Bill Clinton meets in 1995 with Pope John Paul II. The Pope is extending his left
hand in a Talmudic attempt to conceal the Masonic grip that is about to occur. Dr. Dennis
Cuddy, premier researcher of the global conspiracy and expert on occult symbols, writes:
"Some Christians have wondered why Pope John Paul II seemed to use a hand gesture
when photographed with Gorbachev in 1989 that was similar to the real grip of the
Master Mason (a grip shown in Duncan s
Masonic Ritual and Monitor, 3d edition, 1976)
and Star Trek Spock's 'Vulcan Salute.'" (Dr.
Dennis Cuddy, Now Is the Dawning of the New
Age New World Order, Hearthstone Pub.,
Oklahoma City, OK, 1991, p. 387)

The late Pope John Paul II greets
Archbishop Charles Salatka and

they share the Real Grip of a
Fellow Craft Mason.

Simultaneously, the Pontiff gives
the "cover grip" with his left

hand to conceal the maneuver.

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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II combine to present a
Masonic symbol in this staged event for the TV cameras. (Photo: The New York Times,
October 1, 1989)

Pope John Paul II meets with Israel's Chief Rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, at the papal retreat
in Rome. As is customary of members of the Grand Lodge of Jerusalem, the rabbi
disguises the Masonic hand grip with his left hand. This is called the "cover grip."
(Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor, 3d Ed., p. 216)

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Neal Wilson, president of the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists (left) exchanges an
indisputable (in my opinion) Masonic handshake
with Konstantin Kharchev, the Soviet Union's
Chairman of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The
occasion was a socialist-sponsored environmental
conclave, called the International Forum for a
Non-nuclear World and the Survival of Humanity,
February 13-15, 1987. The leadership of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is heavily
Masonic. Many SDA officials have cooperated
with pro-Communist, anti-Christian lobby
groups such as Americans United, People For the
American Way, the American Civil Liberties
Union, and the Jewish ADL. These groups veil
their anti-Christian positions with high-sounding
goals like "liberty" and "separation of church and
state." (Photo and article: Ministry magazine,
May/June 1987, p. 7)

Three world-renowned Christian evangelists were present in 1966 at the House of the Temple, the
headquarters of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, in Washington, D.C. The occasion was the elevation of
men newly chosen to the elite 33rd degree. The three were Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, and
Robert Schuller. Statues of the three Masons have been erected in the courtyard of the Crystal
Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

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Evangelist Billy Graham shares an indisputably Masonic handshake with fellow 33rd degree Mason,
former President Harry S. Truman. Also, observe Graham's left hand, held in the Masonic position.
According to Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, Truman was elected Grand Master of all Masons in
Missouri in 1940. A 33rd degree, Truman's Masonic funeral was the first to ever be televised
worldwide.

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The Crystal Cathedral's Reverend Robert Schuller, 33rd degree Mason,
shares a clearly Masonic handshake with former Soviet Communist
Party boss, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, an initiate of the Grand
Orient Lodge, Paris, France, spoke at Schuller's church.

NINE

A Show of Hands—Illuminists Employ
the Grand Hailing Sign and the Sign of
Admiration or Astonishment

It all depends on what is is.

— President Bill Clinton, in answer to a
question by the Special Prosecutor

A rose by any other name is still a rose.

- O l d Proverb

In Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry, an authoritative reference
sourcebook, we are told that in the ritual for the Masonic degree of Most
Excellent Master of the Royal Arch Mason, all present are required to give

a "Sign of Admiration or Astonishment." It is explained that this sign is similar to that
gesture expressed by the illustrious Queen of Sheba on her first viewing the fabulous
edifice of Solomon's Temple.1

In Duncan's Masonic Monitor and Guide the group present for that same degree
ceremony is further told that this sign alludes to "the wonder and admiration of our
ancient brethren who were present to view the interior of that magnificent edifice
(Solomon's Temple) which King Solomon had erected, and was about to dedicate to
the service of the Supreme Being."2

The arms raised with the palms of the hands facing forward is a supplicatory
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his Gaelic Wars, noted the use of this sign by Gaelic women, who apparently were
signaling subjection to, or acceptance of, their Roman conquerors.

A single hand raised with palm outward represents a hand to heaven
acknowledging the gifts or help received from extraterrestrial sources. It can also
mean invocation, the calling down of powers or energy from the heavens or from
ethereal sources (hell). Yet another meaning is that the hand with all five fingers
showing, palm outward, indicates that one is giving honor and admiration to the
Underworld Deity. Its essential meaning: "Thank you O Subterranean Lord for your
deceptive wisdom and for your cunning aid in our struggle to overcome our enemies
and to effect the Great Work."

Pharaoh Ramses paying homage to
the god Horus, son of Osiris, the sun
god deity symbolized as the all-
seeing eye in the capstone on the
U.S.A.'s dollar bill. Quite possibly,
the Masons' Sign of Admiration and
Astonishment came from practices of
adherents to the old Mystery
Religions of Babylon and Egypt.
(From book, Other Worlds, Hilary
Evans, Readers Digest Books, 1998)

On all occasions when the Egyptian high priest was called to
officiate, he wore his robe of office, the spotted leopard's skin.
The priest then led the rituals in worship of the "Hidden One,"

the concealed mystery divinity, known esoterically as Saturn,
the sixth planet from the sun. Here we see the priest, attired in

leopard's skin, hands upraised, palms outward, exactly as is
done in various Masonic, Rosicrucian, witchcraft, Thelemic, and

O.T.O. rituals to this day. (Hislop's, The Two Babylons, p. 45)

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As we shall see in this chapter of Codex Magica, this sign has been displayed in
public media by Presidents, presidential candidates, Prime Ministers, and many
other VIPs throughout history including the Emperor of France, the Freemason
Napoleon Bonaparte.

Clinton the Devil, President of the U.S.A.

President Bill Clinton was named Time magazine "Man of the Year" in 1993. On the
Time cover making the announcement, President Clinton's head was pictured with
the "M" in the Time masthead of the magazine stretched and appearing to be two
horns on Clinton's head.3 Were the magazine's editors telling us that Clinton is the
devils' man, or was it some strange coincidence?

Even more weird and dramatic, inside that same issue was a photo of Clinton in
his Oval Office holding his hands and arms in the Masonic display of the sign of
admiration. Now, get this: carved on the President's desk in the Oval Offices directly
in front of Clinton is the eagle, in the presidential seal or logo, with its face turned to
the left. But on the carpet just in front of the desk one finds the presidential seal facing
toward the right: Two eagles, each facing in the opposite direction.

This is clearly the double-headed eagle of Freemasonry, a symbol representing
the Serpent, honored as the Sun God in the Mystery Religions with its eagle-like, all-
seeing eye. In other words: Lucifer! Solar God of Bill Clinton and the Illuminati.

Meanwhile, in Clinton's left hand (see page 183 of Codex Magica) is a rose —sign
of the Illuminati's blood covenant and the Rosicrucian Order. You will also find here
a photo of former Yugoslav Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic, likewise holding a rose
in his hand, the right hand. In Satanism the left-handed path is the most magical and
powerful, but more evil. Clinton (left-hand) is still today recognized by the world as
a great leader. Milosevic (right-hand) is in disgrace, in a prison cell, after being felled
by Clinton and his Illuminati cohorts, proving that it's not nice to attempt to
doublecross your Illuminati overlords, Mr. Milosevic!

In this chapter you will find not only Bill Clinton, Slobodan Milosevic, John
Kerry, and others giving enigmatic ritual messages, but, also, we will examine other
signs in which the Illuminati signal with the arms and either or both hands.

The Grand Hailing Sign of Distress

One classic Masonic pose, duplicated by or similar to that employed in many other
Orders, is the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress. Theoretically, this is used in extreme
circumstances in which a Mason or other elitist finds himself in a crisis or in a bind.
In such an emergency he gives the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress, sometimes called
the "High Sign." At that point, brethren who recognize the secret sign of alarm are
expected to come to his rescue. Comically, mass murderer Charles Manson was
observed giving this sign and a number of others during his trial for conspiracy to
commit murder. Reportedly, Manson believed the judge in his case was a 33° Mason
and would rescue him. It was all to no avail.

Likewise, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith gave this sign while under
siege of a lynch mob at the Nauvoo, Illinois jail where he had been incarcerated.

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Smith knew that the angry mob was comprised mainly of Freemasons because he,
too, had been one of them until he was excommunicated. The Masons didn't take too
kindly to Masonic Brother Smith's stealing their symbols and ceremonies and
incorporating them into his Mormon (LDS) Church rituals.4

As Joseph Smith lay dying on the jailhouse floor, he cried out, "Is there no help
for the Widow's Son?" This is the enigmatic saying taught Masons, stamping Smith
as a follower of the Great Goddess, patroness of the Masonic fraternity. The Bible in
Revelation 27 refers to her as "Mystery, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots."

John J. Robinson, author of a celebrated book, Born in Blood defending
Freemasonry and blasting its critics, also referenced the Grand Hailing Sign of
Distress sign taught in the 3° ritual:

After brief ceremonies, the blindfold is removed, and the newly sworn Master
Mason is taught several secrets of that degree. He learns the penal sign, the hand
signal based on the penalty of the Master Mason's oath, which is to pass the hand in
a slashing motion, palm downward and thumb toward the body, across his
stomach. The due-guard of the Master Mason repeats the position of his hands on
the Holy Bible and the compass and square as he takes the oath: with his upper
arms along his sides, forearms out straight, with palms down.

To this point, the ceremony is much like that of the first two degrees, but now is
added a third sign, the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress of the Master Mason, given
with the upper arms parallel to the ground, forearms vertical with hands above the
head, palms forward. For those times when the Master Mason is out of sight of
possible help, or in the dark, he is taught to summon assistance with the word, "O
Lord, my God, is there no help for a Son of the Widow?" a reference to Hiram,
legendary master craftsman at the building of the Temple of Solomon, about whom
the initiate has yet been told nothing, and whom Masons identify with the
metalworker that scripture describes as "a son of a widow of Naphtali."5

Note that Robinson makes mention of the "penal sign, the hand signal based on
the penalty of the Master Mason's oath." In Codex Magica, you will see several
examples of this signal, including a photo of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and one of
former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

In his book Freemasonry, Jack Harris, a former Master Mason who renounced the
Order after converting to Christianity, quotes at length the ritual according to the
State of Maryland's Masonic Manual.6 That manual assures the Mason that at his
death, if his good works are sufficient, "a kind messenger from the Supreme Grand
Master will be sent to translate us to that all perfect, glorious and celestial lodge
above, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides."

According to Harris the ritual continues as follows:

All officers and members bow toward the East. The Master raps the lodge down (1
rap). Also explained to the brother in the third degree lecture is what he is to do in
times of peril or danger. He is instructed (if he can be seen) to throw up both arms
over his head and let them fall by three distinct motions. This is the great hailing

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sign or sign of distress, and never should be given except in a lodge for instruction,
or if his life is in danger. If a Mason sees this sign, he is to flee to his rescue if there
is more probability of saving the brother's life than of losing his own.

At times when this sign could not be seen, such as in the dark, a spoken signal is
substituted: "O Lord, My God, is there no help for the widow's son?" A Mason hearing
these words would be equally bound to flee to the brother's rescue if there were
more probability of saving his life than losing his own life.7

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet President and
Chairman of the Communist Party, visits the
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York
City. The presiding head of the organization
proudly shows him a copy of the very first edition
(1921) of Foreign Affairs, the CFR's official
journal which has annotated notes of Vladimir
Lenin written by him personally on the margins
of some pages. Lenin obviously was a servant of
the llluminati, too. Note that the awed
Gorbachev respectfully gives the
Illuminist/Masonic Sign of Admiration and
Astonishment with his right hand, only this time
it is lain on the display case parallel to the
"sacred" document to which his focus and
devotion is directed.

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Newly elected President Bill Clinton holds out his arms in the Masonic gesture of
admiration and astonishment. Was it just his joy at becoming President, or was
Clinton paying homage to the entity represented by the combined double-headed eagle
carved on the front of the wood desk and imprinted in the Great Seal logo on the
carpet? (From Time magazine, January 4, 1993, p. 29)

Slobodan Milosevic,
President of Serbia,
holds a rose aloft in his
right hand signifying
he is an initiate of the
Rosicrucian Order.
Milosevic failed to
carry out the wishes of
the Illuminati to the
letter. Therefore, in

this same issue of
Time, he was called
"The Butcher of The
Balkans" and the "high

priest of ethnic
cleansing." Later,
Milosevic was arrested,
thrown in prison, and

tried by an
international court for

supposed "crimes
against humanity."
(From Time maga/ine,
January 4, 1993, p. 45)

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Satanic, muddle-headed
rock'n'roller Ozzy Osbourne,
who once bit the head off a
bat at a rock concert and
sometimes led altar calls for
the devil, raises his hands at a
White House dinner hosted by
President George W. Bush and
wife, Laura Bush. Osbourne
was so happy to be invited, he
arrived early. Bush, at the
podium, publicly recognized
and applauded Ozzy and told
him how much Bush's mother,
Barbara, enjoyed his albums!

This is Senator John Kerry, arriving in Ohio for a campaign stop while running for President of
the United States in 2004. See how Kerry's hands and arms are extended in salute to the sun, as
its rays burst through the clouds. A sun worshipper? Strange, unless one understands that it is
entirely possible Kerry was giving the Masonic sign of adoration and admiration to the one the
scriptures call the "Prince of the power of the air" (e.g. Satan!). Interestingly, neither the
caption of the Time magazine (March 15, 2004) photo nor the accompanying article gave any
clue or mention at all of why Kerry's arms were outstretched in this position.

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In this celebrated painting, The Battle of the Pyramids, by Baron Antoine Jean Gros, Napoleon is
shown presenting the Masonic and Rosicrucian sign of astonishment or admiration at the sight of
the marvelous sight of the pyramids of Giza. From written historical accounts, we know that the
French Emperor did, indeed, experience feelings of amazement and admiration upon viewing the
spectacle of the Egyptian pyramids. This particular sign can be accomplished either with the left or
the right arm extended and the palm facing toward the object of admiration, or astonishment.

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This illustration in Richardson's
Monitor of Freemasonry (1860)
shows the Master Mason giving
the "First Sign, or Due Guard"
with his hands upright "in the
manner of giving the grand
hailing sign of distress."
Compare this with the image
inscribed on the cave stone
above.

This goddess statuette was on display in the
chambers of Alex Sanders, well-known British
warlock (witch) as he led a witchcraft ritual. Witches
worship both the goddess and the horned, male god.
(Photo: Witchcraft, Magic and the Supernatural,

Octopus Books, Hong Kong, 1974)

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Instructional material for
educators in the Fort Worth,

Texas, Independent School
District included this

drawing of 13 goddess
worshippers (13 comprise a

witches coven) on a
succession of six circle
platforms paying homage to
the Sun. The illustration
originally came from an
Italian foundation dedicated
to the work of New Age
evolutionist and educator

Maria Montessori.

In the Babylonian religion, as the initiate
entered into the "Mysteries," part of the
ritual was the drinking from the cup of
the Woman (the Goddess). Here, in this
ancient woodcut we find a supplicant
kneeling while raising his hands in
submissive fashion after just drinking
from the cup. The priest (at right)
appears to be administering an oath while
offering an oblation—perhaps a wafer,
piece of bread, or honycomb—with his left
hand. (Kittos' Biblical Cyclopedia;
reprinted in Alexander Hislop's The Two
Babylons, First Edition 1916, American
Edition by Loi/eaux Bros., 1916)

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Former President Bill Clinton gives the Sign of Admiration as he views a painting of the late President
Harry Truman. Both Clinton and Truman were initiates of the Masonic Lodge, and, by giving this
sign, Clinton is acknowledging the Masonic achievements of his predecessor, Harry S. Truman, 33°.
The Clintons were visiting the Harry S. Truman Little White House Museum in Key West, Florida.
(Photo: Florida Keys News Bureau, in Austin American-Statesman, January 23, 2005, p. A2)

A dockside member of
Greenpeace, the radical
environmentalist group,
hails the organization's
sea-going vessel. Almost

all environmentalist
organizations are funded
and run by the Illuminati.
Members are ignorant of

this behind the scenes
influence.

TEN

"I Gruesomely Swear That I'm On the

Square"—More Revealing Signs of

Illuminati Cultists

A number of hand signs are used by Illuminist to indicate their
allegiance to their Order and to demonstrate their knowledge that to
divulge its secrets shall bring gruesome and swift, perhaps fatal

retribution.
When President Richard M. Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on

August 9,1974, he signaled the Dueguard and Sign of a Royal Arch Mason. As the Nixon
audiotapes since released by the Nixon presidential library clearly show, Nixon and
his "Prussian Guard," White House Chief of Staff Robert Haldemann and top aide
John Erlichman, plotted to thwart the power of the Jewish Illuminati media that
poisons the mind of America. They also conspired to overthrow the elaborate FBI and
intelligence network historically run behind the scenes by the Jewish-led Illuminati
chieftains.

Nixon knew what he was risking. He well knew that John F. Kennedy's murder
was orchestrated by the Jewish Illuminati with the backing of Zionist Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson and with the connivance of J. Edgar Hoover's Mafia-infiltrated
FBI and the Skull & Bones-run CIA. Nixon had been a close associate of David
Rockefeller and had met privately with the Rothschilds a number of times. Nixon
also had attended the notorious homoerotic occultic rituals of the Bohemian Club
outside San Francisco. Still, as President, he had hoped to mount an offensive against
the elite and dislodge them from their position of awesome power in the United
States.

Instead, it was Nixon and his entourage who were dislodged, falling from grace
and being ousted, even though Nixon's so-called crimes ("Watergate," etc.) were
paltry compared to the colossal criminal treachery of predecessors like Wilson and
Roosevelt, and successors like Clinton and both Bushes.

Captain William Morgan, in the nineteenth century, suffered a worse fate, being
murdered in a Masonic ritual and his disfigured body dumped into a lake. Incensed

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by this outrage, John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, in his
classic exposure of the Masonic murderers (Letters on Freemasonry), minced no bones
in declaring the Freemasons as "Luciferian" and as a grave threat to America.

In this section, we examine a few of penal (penalty) signs and also signs given to
communicate the message, "on the square," a phrase made common in the American
lexicon by its frequent usage by Masons. Along the way, we shall note the Illuminist
involvement of such infamous folks as the Russian mystic and master seducer,
Grigore Rasputin, former U.S.A. President Jimmy "Peanut" Carter, Cuban
strongman Fidel "Odd Fellow" Castro, and Master Mason and Illuminist thug
extraordinaire, Joseph Stalin, the half-Jew who massacred some 50-60 million
innocents while heading up the Illuminati's experimental Bolshevik regime. And
we'll also take a brief look at a hand sign of Illuminist Al Gore, some Confederate
officers into Masonic skullduggery, Timothy McVeigh's rancid "F...you" signal, and
a few other choice hand poses of elite servants.

"Masonry ought forever to be abolished. It is wrong—essentially
wrong—a seed of evil, which can never produce any good."

—John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United
States, was a determined opponent of the secret
society and fraternity of Freemasonry, the Masonic
Lodge. The question of Freemasonry and the
controversy over its character has long been
debated. But for John Qunicy Adams, writer, poet,
faithful husband, patriot, former Ambassador and
Secretary of State, and President, there was no
question. The teachings and practices of the Lodge,
Adams asserted, are detrimental, noxious, and
unfortunate. John Quincy Adams was persuaded
that the Masonic Lodges were a bane to society,
evil, and Luciferian.

This unusual book, Letters on Freemasonry, first
published in 1833, is finally back in print. Until
now, it was virtually impossible for the general
public to obtain a copy. It is now available for $22
postpaid through Power of Prophecy Ministries,
1708 Patterson Road, Austin, Texas 78733, or call
toll free: 1-800-234-9673.

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Former President Jimmy Carter in Havana, Cuba, with communist
dictator Fidel Castro. Castro gives a sign showing he is a member of the
Odd Fellows, a Masonic affliated secret order popular in Cuba.
Meanwhile, Carter presents the Dueguard of the Fellow Craft (2°).
(Photo: USA Today newspaper, May 16, 2002, p. 11A)

Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas, appearing
before a U.S. Senate Committee, in 1991, holds his right
hand up to take the Oath. But at the same time, Thomas
places his left hand and arm in such a fashion as to present
the familiar Dueguard of a Fellow Craft sign of Freemasonry.

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Excerpt (p. 22) of Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry, illustrating and
describing the sign and due-guard of a Fellow Craft Mason.

An excerpt, page 107, from
the 1826 book
Freemasonry Exposed by
Captain William Morgan,
showing the sign and due-
guard of a Fellow Craft
Mason. Morgan, a Mason
of 30 years standing,
renounced the cultic secret
fraternity and decided to
expose their evildoing.
Shortly after his book was
published, outraged
Masons kidnapped
Morgan, then murdered
him and mutilated his
body in a Masonic death
ritual. The murder caused
a public uproar which
ended in the majority of
the members of the
wicked secret society
across America leaving the
Lodge. Morgan's murder even inspired John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States,
to write and publish his own expose of Freemasonry. In Adam's book, Letters on Freemasonry, the
distinguished former President branded Freemasonry as "Luciferian."

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Russian Orthodox priest Grigori Rasputin was not
only an occultic Mason, but also engaged in

Dionysiac sex orgies and rituals. A cult developed
around the hypnotic Rasputin after the monk was

said by the Czarina to have healed her young son
who suffered from a blood disease. Those jealous of

the growing political power of the "Mad Monk
Rasputin" eventually had him assassinated.

Rasputin is shown here giving the left-handed path
version of the penal sign of the Fellow Craft degree

of Freemasons.

Catholic
Cardinal (left)
stands with
Greek Orthodox
prelate on
official visit to
Greece.

The illustration from the book,
Mormonism's Temple of Doom,

by William Schnoebelen and
James Spencer, demonstrates

the parallels between the
Mormon Temple ceremonial
sign and the sign of a Fellow

Craft Mason.

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THE LIGHT OF

KRISHNAMURTI

By Gabriele Blackburn

The Light of Krishnamurti relates This man, in 1994, participated in the brutal,
the many-faceted mystical and genocidal massacre of 3,000 Tutsi tribes people
spiritual occurrences of J. Krish- who sought refuge in a church in Rwanda, Africa.
namurti as experienced by Gabriele In this news article (Austin American-Statesman,
Blackburn, a spiritual healer and April 11, 2004), he says he is repentant and is
clairvoyant. This is the story of the rehabilitated. The cultic positioning of his arms
author's life in relationship to these and clenched fist say otherwise.
events, their extraordinary meaning,
and the profound effect they had on Rock star Ozzy
her. In a simple, direct, factual Osbourne lets his
manner, she tells how his friendship, Masonic friends know
personal interviews, and the under- he's "on the square"
standing of his teachings, helped her to with this hand/arms
resolve a life crisis, and discover an pose. (USA Today,
insightful way of living. This book November 29, 2002,
voices the quality of the clear Light of
truth which casts no shadow. It is a P. 10A)
personal testimony to the sacred life
and teachings of Krishnamurti, that
Gold Light of eternity.

An advertisement for a biography of Jewish actor E. G.
India's Theosophy guru, Krishnamurti. Marshal who
Occultist Annie Besant, who took over played a
as leader of Theosophy after the death
of its founder, once touted crusading lawyer
Krishnamurti as the "Christ of the on TV's The
New Age." Tbe guru's pose here shows Defenders show in
he's "on the square" and honors the the 1960s and
trifold deity of Illuminist sects. starred in many
movies, shows
that, masonically,
he's "on the
square."

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The 7th degree sign given by
resigning President Nixon, as
illustrated in yet another official
Masonic scourcebook, Richardson's
Monitor of Freemasonry, p. 79.

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Rudolf Steiner, a Hitler contemporary in Germany,
displays the Master's Grip. During the Nazi era,
Steiner became world-famous for his Masonic and
Rosicrucian based teachings. This picture comes from his book, The Way of Initiation—how to Attain
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds, published by Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., New York
City. Steiner also created the teaching system for the Waldorf schools, very popular today in the U.S.A.

An excerpt from page 36
from Richardson s Monitor

of Freemasonry,
illustrating the strong
Master's Grip, or Lion's
Paw, as practiced in the
third degree of Scottish

Rite Freemasonry.

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Former Vice President Al Gore, who
ran for the presidency on the
Democrat Party ticket in 2000,
appears to be in the process of
making the Master's Grip of the
3rd degree of Freemasonry,
indicating he is, as a minimum, a
Master Mason. (Photo: from
Exodus III, Volume 2, Number 1)
Note: A sign similar to that of the
Master's Grip is that of the Most
Excellent Master as illustrated on
p. 61 of Richardson's Monitor of
Freemasonry.

Page 61 of
Richardson's Monitor

of Freemasonry
illustrating the sign
of the Most Excellent

Master's degree.

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Mormon (LDS) woman gives a sign in a LDS Church ritual
ceremony. It is exactly the same as that of Freemasonry, as
proven by this excerpt from page 17 of Duncan's Masonic Ritual
and Monitor, illustrating the sign of an Entered Apprentice.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, borrowed many
of his church's signs, grips, symbols, and rituals from the
Masonic Lodge. In fact, Smith was excommunicated by the
Masons for having done so. (Photo of Mormon woman is from
Mormonism, Masonry and Godhood, by Dr. Cathy Burns,
Sharing Publishing, Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania)

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Michael A. Hoffman II Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare Page 66

All the Pyramid's Men

The Confederate officer on the left is First Lt. John Oden, of the Tenth Alabama
Volunteer Infantry who fought at First Manassas, Chancellorsville and Antietam.
where he was seriously wounded. Lying bleeding. Oden used a stick and his own
blood to draw masonic symbols on a paper. Then he called out to the Union
troops on picket duty to take the paper to any Yankee who was a Freemason.

It was carried to a Union Colonel who was a mason, but not of a high enough
degree to comprehend Oden's symbolic message. Another mason, Union Capt.
Perry was summoned and he recognized the drawings and announced that a fellow
mason was in distress. Four Northern masons crept out to the field, placed the
wounded Southerner on a cot and carried him to the field hospital of the 5th New
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry where he was treated. When the Union Army moved
on, Oden was sent to the private home of a physician to recuperate, rather than to
a prisoner of war camp. Lt. Oden survived the War Between the States.

While at first sight, this is a touching story of the brotherhood of Freemasonry,
some of the glow dims when we recall that a non-mason, Christian Confederate
would have been left to bleed to death. Moreover, if cooperation like this existed
between brother masons in the field, one is left to wonder at what degree collusion
between Confederate and Union Freemasons of high office and rank, took place
behind the scenes.
This photo and accompanying text comes from the book, Secret Societies and
Psychological Warfare, by Michael A. Hoffman, II, a book highly recommended by
the author of Codex Magica.

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And More Revealing Hand Signs...

This photograph in Time magazine (February 14, 2005) pictures an Islamic mob rallying in Karachi,
Pakistan. The demonstrators were declaring their support for A. Q. Kahn, called the "Father of the
Islamic Nuclear Bomb." What is especially interesting are the many varied hand gestures of the
people in the crowd. Intriguing, to say the least.

Environmental activists,
members of Greenpeace,
show their signs. Several
display the so-called "V"
sign of the Illuminati. The
fellow at top left has his

fist clenched in a
communist mode. The
peace symbol, an upside-
down broken cross inside a
circle, is painted on the

banner behind them.
(Photo: The Toronto Star,

July 23, 1995, p. F1)

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John Meriwether, manager of Wall Street's Long-Term Capital Management hedge
fund, lays his left hand on the table as an unusual, but no doubt planned mode.
(U.S. Mews and World Report, May 3, 1999, p. 45)

Entertainer, Lyle Lovett, who
once was married to actress
Julia Roberts, presents an
odd hand sign. (Texas
Monthly magazine, July
2003, p. 19)

Academy Award winner Meryl Streep,
who has been observed giving the Il

Cornuto horned devil sign, in this picture
in Newsweek (September 26, 1994) looks

to be just sitting and relaxing. Actually,
Ms. Streep displays a cabalistic pose.

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Former Vermont Governor, Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democrat Party's National Committee
(DNC), signs with both hands. (Business Week, January 12, 2004, p. 35)

Robert Schuller, pastor of
California's Crystal Cathedral, is a
33rd degree Mason. The hand sign he

is giving is typical for Schuller.

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Timothy McVeigh, put to death by lethal injection after conviction of perpetrating the murder of 168
people in 1995 by blowing up a federal building in Oklahoma City, remained an enigmatic
personality to the end. But this picture of McVeigh in prison shortly before his execution may be
revealing as to the man's character. What at first appears to be just the man's thumb sticking out
may actually be the magical sign called the manofigo (a clenched hand or fist, the thumb jutting
out). In some secret societies and witchcraft sects the thumb thus symbolizes the phallus inserted as
a creative act. In sum, in this posture, McVeigh, realizing it is the final image or one of the last of him
that the outside world—his accusers—will probably see, is saying, "F..k you!" The article
accompanying the picture of McVeigh would seem to buttress this theory. It is titled, "No Regrets, No
Remorse," and says the Oklahoma City bomber is "unrepentant." The angry scowl on Timothy
McVeigh's face is also indicative. (Photo: U.S. News & World Report, April 9, 2001)

At left, the magical manofigo or mano in The vicious
fica hand sign. At right is a second version. Michael Chertoff,
Timothy McVeigh's hand sign above is a son of a Jewish
third version. The mano in fica is of Rabbi, former U.S.
oriental origin. It represents a lingam-yoni Justice
(penis-vagina) formed by the thumb Department
protruding between any of the fingers. To prosecutor who is
early Christians, it was called manus active in the anti-
obscenus, the obscene hand. Christian group,
the ADL, lets the

elite see who he is by giving the vulgar and coarse
manofigo hand sign. Chertoff is President George W.
Bush's Director of Homeland Security. Many believe
Chertoff is an Israeli Mossad asset.

ELEVEN

"Cross My Heart and Hope to Die"—The
Mysterious "X" factor

An X is an ancient symbol for change or transformation.. .long associated in
medieval and renaissance art with the coming of the Messiah who shall make all
things new.

—Jim Tresner, 33°
Scottish Rite Journal

The Illuminist/Masonic meaning of the X is simply this: It is the sign of Osiris, the
great (Egyptian) sun god...

—Texe Marrs
Dark Majesty

T h e sign, or letter, X, has a long history of use in the Ancient Mystery
Religions, in apostate Judaism, in Freemasonry, and in the occult. The
Illuminati elite use it to this day to symbolize key phenomena and mark

significant events.
The mysterious letter X seems to take on a wide and varied life of its own, with

or without the secret aid of the elite sponsorship. Mark Euston, of the Christian
Intelligence Resource Network, in a letter to the author, detailed some of the many
examples of the use of the letter X. For example, the well-known science fiction TV
show, The X Files. Pornographic movies are rated X and the more sensational movies
in the raw flesh category are touted as XXX, or triple X. Euston noted that we have
the Microsoft Corporation creation of X-box, the movie X-Men, off-brand products
are called "Brand X," and of course, there is the U.S. terrorist prison camp, Camp X-
Ray at Guantanamo, Cuba. Today's youth have been called Generation X, and a lot of

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folks are concerned about a planet, or star, reported to be speeding toward us called
Planet X that has occult significance.

Euston asks about all the usages of X, "Are these just strange coincidences, some
type of mind control trigger, or a subliminal conditioning of some kind?" Good
question.

Another friend, Kathy Creek, wrote and asked if I had noticed the many new
drugs being released by pharmaceutical firms with either a V, Z, or an X in their
name? She mentioned an ad she had seen for Clarinex, an allergy drug that had a
little sun sign used to dot the letter "i" in Clarinex.

John Myers, another astute friend interested in such topics, sent me a lengthy
letter and included an excerpt from author Edward Waite's reference book, A New
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Myers wryly observed that, "generally, things that are
bad are X-rated." He mentioned, too, the interesting use of the letter X in the Rx of
drug stores; the use of the four-letter, abbreviated word Xmas to replace Christmas,
and the fact that, in Black's Law Dictionary, it says that the sign or mark of X is
sometimes made as a substitute for a man's signature on legal documents.

And the continued use of the mysterious X abounds. Children at play can be
heard to say, "Cross my heart and hope to die." In the Greek alphabet, the letter Chi
is denoted with the symbol X, and given the numerical designation of 600. The
numeroligists say that triple X, then, would yield the number 666.

Black Muslim leaders obviously see X as a substitute name of great spiritual
significance. Two well-known Black Muslim leaders have been named Malcolm X
and Louis X, names they chose for themselves. The latter, who was born Louis
Eugene Wolcott in 1933 in New York City, changed his name to Louis X after his
conversion to Islam by Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammed. Today, he is known
as Louis Farrakhan. It is well-known that Farrakhan is a 33° Prince Hall Mason.

X as Symbol for the Sun God

According to Dr. C.J. Koster, head of the Institute for Scripture Research in South
Africa, X was the emblem of the Chaldean (Babylonian) sky god. Koster says that X
was an ancient symbol of the sun deity and that the letter carried with it sexual
connotations. In the old Semitic languages, X represented the cross.1

Freemasonry early-on latched onto this letter exactly because of its paranormal
significance as a sign of Lucifer, the solar (sun) god. The Masonic Lodge also uses X
because of its sexual meanings and its Babylonian origins. Writing in the Scottish Rite
Journal, the official journal of the Mother Supreme Council, 33°, Jim Tresner discussed
the use of X in the ritual ceremony for the 17°, Knight of the East and West.2 Tresner, a
33rd degree Mason, emphasized that the 17th degree ritual is "one of the most
powerful and profound degrees of the Rite."3

"Here," said Tresner, "we encounter raw spiritual energy" and "we begin to
glimpse the spiritual power which is available" to the person who is able to access it.4

X as Symbol of Transformation

Tresner goes on to suggest that the X, representing the Roman numeral 10, also